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today on the nomination of jack lew he's the president obama's he is president obama's chief of staff and former head of the office of management and budget for his ideas on generating economic growth to his experience on wall street all of that was on the table and up for discussion before the senate finance committee for more on this i spoke earlier with peter schiff he is the president of euro pacific capital and i began by discussing the controversy surrounding a nearly million dollar bonus lou received while working at citi bank. remember a lot of former treasury officials were at citibank look at robert rubin right you rode that company down i think they made a lot of mistakes but look also look at their look at you know when he was originally appointed he had his own tax problems and it turned out that he didn't even understand the income tax because of the after i forget i forget what mistakes you may remember you had a amended return so it seems like screwing up your own finances is one of the job requirements and i think it's you know it makes sense because the u.s. governme
today on the nomination of jack lew he's the president obama's he is president obama's chief of staff and former head of the office of management and budget for his ideas on generating economic growth to his experience on wall street all of that was on the table and up for discussion before the senate finance committee for more on this i spoke earlier with peter schiff he is the president of euro pacific capital and i began by discussing the controversy surrounding a nearly million dollar bonus...
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outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and next year the war will for sure be over great news don't get me wrong i just want the president to be clear that we're definitely pulling all of our troops out from the country by twenty fourteen right. you know on twenty fourteen america's commitment to a unified and sovereign afghanistan will endure but the nature of our commitment will change we're negotiating an agreement with the afghan government that focuses on two missions training and equipping afghan forces so that the country does not again slip into chaos and counterterrorism efforts that allow us to pursue the remnants of al qaeda and their affiliates training forces ok so in other words keeping troops on the ground beyond twenty fourte
outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and next year the war will for sure be over great news don't get me wrong i just want the president to be...
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outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and next year the wolfish will be over great news don't get me wrong i just want the president to be clear that we're technically pulling all of our troops out from the country by twenty fourteen right. you know on twenty fourteen america's commitment to a unified and sovereign afghanistan will endure but the nature of our commitment will change we're negotiating an agreement with the afghan government the focus is on two missions training and equipping afghan forces so that the country does not again slip into chaos and counterterrorism efforts that allow us to pursue the remnants of al qaeda and their affiliates training forces ok so in other words keeping troops on the ground beyond twenty fourteen g
outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and next year the wolfish will be over great news don't get me wrong i just want the president to be clear...
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as president obama has said so many times there is hope. so don't give in to those he'll monsters chewing on your legs turn far more real than the welfare queens ronald reagan hallucinated or the illegal voters you're working so hard to stop chill out and get some help. and that's the way it is tonight wednesday feb thirteenth twenty thirteen for more information on any of the stories we've covered visit our websites of thom hartmann dot com free speech or r t dot com and if you missed any of tonight's show you can watch it in h.d. out of hulu at hulu dot com slash the big picture also check out our two you tube channels there are links at thom hartmann dot com also target dot com check out all the different ways you can send us your feedback and don't forget the mock receive begins with you get out there get active tag your it see the. good laboratory mccurdy was able to build the world's most sophisticated robots which fortunately dorna found anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you sho
as president obama has said so many times there is hope. so don't give in to those he'll monsters chewing on your legs turn far more real than the welfare queens ronald reagan hallucinated or the illegal voters you're working so hard to stop chill out and get some help. and that's the way it is tonight wednesday feb thirteenth twenty thirteen for more information on any of the stories we've covered visit our websites of thom hartmann dot com free speech or r t dot com and if you missed any of...
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after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year alone it's expected another thirty billion dollars could be spent in eight this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from a watchdog monitory bad aid they say there's no way of ensuring all this money is going to the right place or whose hands the cash is falling into and that it's too dangerous in many places in afghanistan to safely observe what's happening well former and. some have become very rich including western officials well most afghans
after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the...
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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture in last night's state of the union president obama argued that now is the time to act on curb climate change and to save our environment for future generations so why are we still considering projects like the keystone x.l. pipeline only furthers our nation's toxic addiction to fossil fuels alaska actress and activist daryl and next also in the days and weeks since the newtown shooting tragedy over a thousand americans have lost their lives to gun violence is anything really going to change when might we see the gun control legislation that this nation so desperately needs and president obama called out republicans last night saying that deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan that republicans have any real plans to save our economy that and more engine eyes loan liberal rumble. you need to know this in his state of the union address last night president obama took on the quantum of change deniers the fact it's the twelve hottest years on record have all come in the last fifty heat waves droughts wildfires floods all are now m
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture in last night's state of the union president obama argued that now is the time to act on curb climate change and to save our environment for future generations so why are we still considering projects like the keystone x.l. pipeline only furthers our nation's toxic addiction to fossil fuels alaska actress and activist daryl and next also in the days and weeks since the newtown shooting tragedy over a thousand americans have lost their lives...
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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture in last night's state of the union president obama argued that now is the time to act to curb climate change and to save our environment for future generations so why are we still considering projects like the keystone x.l. pipeline only furthers our nation's toxic addiction to fossil fuels alaska actress and activist daryl and next also in the days and weeks since the newtown shooting tragedy over a thousand americans have lost their lives to gun violence is anything really going to change when might we see the gun control legislation that this nation so desperately needs and president obama called out republicans last night saying that deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan that republicans have any real plans to save our economy that and more engine eyes loan liberal rumble. you need to know this in his state of the union address last night president obama took on the quantum of change deniers the fact it's the twelve hottest years on record have all come in the last fifty heat waves droughts wildfires floods all are now m
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture in last night's state of the union president obama argued that now is the time to act to curb climate change and to save our environment for future generations so why are we still considering projects like the keystone x.l. pipeline only furthers our nation's toxic addiction to fossil fuels alaska actress and activist daryl and next also in the days and weeks since the newtown shooting tragedy over a thousand americans have lost their lives...
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withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops from afghanistan is one of the main pledges and barack obama's state of the union address controversial issues like america's drones are ignored by the president. shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying to keep it quiet. unemployed french men commit suicide by setting yourself on fire in front of a. desperate move seemingly finite economic problems crippling the eurozone. the impending round of talks on iran's nuclear ambitions is the topic for debate in crosstalk coming up next. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle talking the talk for serious in meaningful negotiations this is the question i always asked when it comes to the western powers approach to iran's nuclear program soon the two sides will meet again in search of mutual agreement are there too many red lines and toxic history for this to happen and who really needs to unclench your fist. to cross talk you when's nuclear program i'm joined by mohammad marandi and turan he is a profes
withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops from afghanistan is one of the main pledges and barack obama's state of the union address controversial issues like america's drones are ignored by the president. shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying to keep it quiet. unemployed french men commit suicide by setting yourself on fire in front of a. desperate move seemingly finite economic problems crippling the eurozone. the impending...
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yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as president of iran awarded conoco a contract in the persian gulf an oil field iran the united states slapped iran with sanctions in afghanistan iran spoke with the united states then iran was labeled the axis of evil when the brazilian president and the turkish prime minister came to tehran with a letter from obama stating the conditions in which he would agree with a negotiated settlement with iran and the iranians and the turks and the brazilians within that framework signed the teheran declaration immediately obama went back and impose sanctions on iran and basically stopped the brazilians an
yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as...
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and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is bound to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and it's a battle of david and goliath proportions monsanto versus small farmers coming up a look at the biotech giants battle with small farmers over seeds. it's thursday february fourteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. we began zeroing in on a massive piece of equipment that could transform the way the military conducts its missions drones have made their way into the mainstream conversation as senators demand more transparency on the thus far secret drone campaign as of now we have a drone bases in places like pakistan and djibouti africa and as covert drone warfare becomes a critical foreign policy strategy we can expect even more of these bases to pop up but what if you didn't need to set up a base in these volatile countries well that could be the case of drone aircraft carriers were put to use you are looking at the navy's x. fort
and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is bound to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and it's a battle of david and goliath proportions monsanto versus small farmers coming up a look at the biotech giants battle with small farmers over seeds. it's thursday february fourteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. we began zeroing in on a...
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yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as president of iran awarded conoco a contract in the persian gulf an oil field iran the united states slapped iran with sanctions in afghanistan iran spoke with the united states then iran was labeled the axis of evil when the brazilian president and the turkish prime minister came to tehran with a letter from obama stating the conditions in which he would agree with a negotiated settlement settlement with iran and the iranians and the turks and the brazilians within that framework signed the declaration immediately obama went back and impose sanctions on iran and basically stopped the brazilians
yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as...
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in two thousand and he was put on the obama list as people who are cleared for release he was actually told during the bush administration he should be released that he is still there is just an absolute outrage but why would anyone want to see at least why was he there in the first place presumably he did something wrong. no no i mean you you presume any arab in the area might have been doing something wrong he was accused and there are there's information in wiki leaks about why he was persecuted people linked him to knowing people in al qaeda in fact he was there with another detainees who was released about five years ago most on bag to start a girls' school in afghanistan he moved there with his whole family as part of to run this girl's school and he was false accusations against him and he's been cleared i mean it's ridiculous there are people who are interested in his story might go to a film in the u.k. called outside the law done by andy worthington and polly nash it's an excellent film it talks about shakur ometer it's a it's a travesty of justice. and i'm embarrassed you kn
in two thousand and he was put on the obama list as people who are cleared for release he was actually told during the bush administration he should be released that he is still there is just an absolute outrage but why would anyone want to see at least why was he there in the first place presumably he did something wrong. no no i mean you you presume any arab in the area might have been doing something wrong he was accused and there are there's information in wiki leaks about why he was...
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not even charged with anything or thought of to be really bad guys these are people ignored president obama faces opposition within congress and there's no doubt the people of the many republicans that pandered to fear but obama cannot let that stop him from doing justice these people need to be out shocker aamer should be out of guantanamo there is no reason for him to be there big brother may be watching every click he makes online the u.s. government's using need to find software able to predict your future behavior and locations in cyberspace however with the program only using data submitted voluntarily via social networks claims of privacy violations don't stick it out these guns if you can reports. those of you who are using social networks will find this interesting the world's fifth largest defense contractor raytheon a multinational firm based in massachusetts came up with a software that can map out your life and be able to predict your moves your behavior based on the information that you provide on websites like facebook twitter or foursquare the guardian has obtained a video.
not even charged with anything or thought of to be really bad guys these are people ignored president obama faces opposition within congress and there's no doubt the people of the many republicans that pandered to fear but obama cannot let that stop him from doing justice these people need to be out shocker aamer should be out of guantanamo there is no reason for him to be there big brother may be watching every click he makes online the u.s. government's using need to find software able to...
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barack obama has moved into a taco online threats by signing the executive cyber security order critics though say it follows in the footsteps of the so-called cispa bill previously described by congress and i have been blamed for jeopardizing privacy for allowing information sharing between private industry and the government and laws kind pirate party leaders as obama approved the latest legislation to prevent it from being blocked by both the senate and the people. we find the security it's about sort of securing systems technology not securing access to the private information of citizens all of it's just like she's about pushing towards actually information sharing it's the concern about it's really the concern that civil liberties groups how about basically ordinary old we policing is actually a bit ludicrous to address itself and it's a language that. essentially by signing an executive order this is body parts in congress but also moved by courts in public debate on this important issue we've seen time and time again legislation brought in the name of national security and to be
barack obama has moved into a taco online threats by signing the executive cyber security order critics though say it follows in the footsteps of the so-called cispa bill previously described by congress and i have been blamed for jeopardizing privacy for allowing information sharing between private industry and the government and laws kind pirate party leaders as obama approved the latest legislation to prevent it from being blocked by both the senate and the people. we find the security it's...
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barack obama has moved into taco online threats by signing the executive cyber security order critics though say it follows in the footsteps of the so-called cispa bill previously described by congress and had been blamed for jeopardizing privacy for allowing information sharing between private industry and the government and laws kind of pirate party leaders as obama approved the latest legislation to prevent it from being blocked by both the senate and the people. we find the security it's about sort of securing systems and technology not securing access to the private information of citizens and all and it's just like he's about pushing towards actually information sharing that it's the concern about the it's really the concern that civil liberties groups how about basically ordinary ordinary policing is actually a bit ludicrous to address itself and it's a language that. essentially by signing an executive order this is body parts in congress but also moved by cost in public debate on this important issue we've seen time and time again legislation brought in the name of national s
barack obama has moved into taco online threats by signing the executive cyber security order critics though say it follows in the footsteps of the so-called cispa bill previously described by congress and had been blamed for jeopardizing privacy for allowing information sharing between private industry and the government and laws kind of pirate party leaders as obama approved the latest legislation to prevent it from being blocked by both the senate and the people. we find the security it's...
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president barack obama has brought the issue of internet security back into the limelight by signing the executive cybersecurity order but it's part concerns washington's once again opened the door to passing laws that could potentially damage internet freedoms and the u.k. pirate party leader says obama privileged to prevent it from being stopped by both the senate and the american people. we find the security it's about so at securing systems and technology not securing access to the private information of citizens all of it's just like he was about pushing towards actually information sharing and it's that comes about it's really the concern that civil liberties groups out basically ordinary or ordinary policing is actually a bit ludicrous to address this arc and it's a language cyber this that and b. are essentially by signing an executive order this is body parts in congress but also move by courts in public debate on this important issue we've seen time and time again legislation brought in the name of national security to be or to be used well usually and actually harassing or
president barack obama has brought the issue of internet security back into the limelight by signing the executive cybersecurity order but it's part concerns washington's once again opened the door to passing laws that could potentially damage internet freedoms and the u.k. pirate party leader says obama privileged to prevent it from being stopped by both the senate and the american people. we find the security it's about so at securing systems and technology not securing access to the private...
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administration detailing the obama administration's secret assassination program which is the killing of american citizens so we have a problem here that was exposed at big bear on a wintery mountain where chris dorner burned alive of police a culture of impunity among the police and a culture of deference to that culture among the media there's only came out looking good from this there certainly is a culture of cover up complicity with the media deferring to the political establishment whatever they say but what does this say about their complicity with the cover up of this i mean and not only that max but they're also going to far as to attacking anyone who is saying look obvious they heard the police scanner they're saying let's burn this mother f. or they're saying what's the point of burners they're calling people conspiracy theorists they're even saying you know you're chris dorner apologist a fan if you're simply questioning what they're saying what do you think about that you're referring to the web site buzz feed which is a is a major news news blog online news source which
administration detailing the obama administration's secret assassination program which is the killing of american citizens so we have a problem here that was exposed at big bear on a wintery mountain where chris dorner burned alive of police a culture of impunity among the police and a culture of deference to that culture among the media there's only came out looking good from this there certainly is a culture of cover up complicity with the media deferring to the political establishment...
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strikes and do you have to understand that ironically the number of deaths which have occurred during the obama administration actually according again to rough estimates is more than four times what it was during the bush administration so again this will be a medal which will be awarded to pilots of the drones for essentially killing people and places like pakistan like a pakistani tribal areas between pakistan and afghanistan and there's very little information about who they are actually killing but still people behind in the middle which will be ranking higher than that than in the metal bush would be given to a person who has actually committed an act of terrorism in combat. and the situation with the new metal i.c.u. arena thank you very much indeed for that update very interesting indeed it is. being on the un says molly risked being dragged into further violence and reprisal killings fresh legations of atrocities in the embattled west african country have emerged following the rapid advance of french intervention forces they've been helping the unelected government of mali reclaim sitt
strikes and do you have to understand that ironically the number of deaths which have occurred during the obama administration actually according again to rough estimates is more than four times what it was during the bush administration so again this will be a medal which will be awarded to pilots of the drones for essentially killing people and places like pakistan like a pakistani tribal areas between pakistan and afghanistan and there's very little information about who they are actually...
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strikes and you have to understand that ironically the number of deaths which have occurred during the obama administration actually according again to rough estimates is more than four times what it was during the bush administration so again this will be a medal which will be awarded to pilots of the drones were essentially killing people and places like pakistan like a pakistani tribal areas between pakistan and afghanistan and there's very little information about who they are actually killing but still people behind in the middle which will be ranking higher than that than the metalled wish would be given to a person who has actually committed an act of terrorism in combat. and the situation with the new medal i see arena thank you very much indeed for that update very interesting indeed it is. being on the un says molly risked being dragged into further violence and reprisal killings fresh allegations of atrocities in the embattled west african country have emerged following the rapid advance of french intervention forces they've been helping the unelected government of mali reclaim si
strikes and you have to understand that ironically the number of deaths which have occurred during the obama administration actually according again to rough estimates is more than four times what it was during the bush administration so again this will be a medal which will be awarded to pilots of the drones were essentially killing people and places like pakistan like a pakistani tribal areas between pakistan and afghanistan and there's very little information about who they are actually...
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the same time you have a lot of political prisoners you know the united states in two thousand and obama himself. and you can't help a lot when you have prisoners political prisoners are human and it's inside the present and referring to me under also. international community governments certainly you can also see it that you cannot have real dialogue and still have one of the opposition really isn't because at the end they have the right so do you feel you are actually getting support then from the likes of the u.s. and its western allies while no western allies thing. they should should be more more more. clear about their human rights management and we are where you cannot only stand on and have some concerns about the bahraini government and we need to have more sanctions we need to have more actions on the international community not you getting that why you're getting that we're seeing support for the rebels in syria for example but no support for the rebels in bahrain what why is that. well you know i want it's human rights you know more than one of the united states is more and m
the same time you have a lot of political prisoners you know the united states in two thousand and obama himself. and you can't help a lot when you have prisoners political prisoners are human and it's inside the present and referring to me under also. international community governments certainly you can also see it that you cannot have real dialogue and still have one of the opposition really isn't because at the end they have the right so do you feel you are actually getting support then...